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Dry Stable Sourdough Starter: Storage After Drying
A look at how sourdough starter looks after it finishes drying along with a demo on how to store it.
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How to Bake a Simple Quick Bread
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This recipe uses no yeast, no baking powder, and no buttermilk. Preheat oven to 375 F. Grease a loaf pan. Use 2 cups all purpose flour. Add 1 tablespoon of baking soda, a pinch of salt, and 1 generous tablespoon of sugar. Mix dry ingredients well. Stir in 3/4 cup milk. Then stir in 1/4 cup white vinegar (not apple cider vinegar that isn't acidic enough). Optional: Mix in 1/2 cup raisins to the ...
How to Dry Stabilize a Sourdough Starter
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Dry stabilization is a useful way to store backup starter and to prepare it for mailing. This video demonstrates how to stabilize a starter and how to pack dry starter for shipment.
How to Make a Removable Nose Bridge for a Face Mask
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Wire nose bridges can make a face mask more form fitting and reduce air flow near the nose. Since this homemade mask will be washed and reused I've made a pocket to fit the removable nose bridge. The pocket is snug enough to hold the bridge in place but big enough to move it as needed for fit and comfort. This nose bridge is made from 16 gauge craft wire. Similar nose bridges could be made from...
How to Install Capillary Wick Irrigation for a Kitchen Container Garden
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Capillary wick irrigation is one of the lesser known water efficient irrigation methods. This is the fifth year I've been using this type of setup. A full discussion of the process is in the book Gardening with Less Water by David A. Bainbridge. In this video I transplant a bell pepper seedling and set up capillary wick irrigation using a 2 liter soda bottle, cotton/nylon clothesline, and flexi...
Planting Ground Cover
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Filling in a newly weeded spot with cuttings of ice plant succulent ground cover.
Dealing with Weeds
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What's a good way to get rid of weeds? Should they be composted? This steps through basic yard maintenance.
Water Efficient Irrigation: Making an Olla
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An olla is an unfinished earthenware container that slow releases water to neighboring plants. This video demonstrates making an olla and planting Swiss chard. The references pictured at the end of the video are: Gardening with Less Water by David A. Bainbridge an excellent general reference for DIY irrigation in dry climates All New Square Foot Gardening by Mel Bartholomew Fresh Food from Smal...
Growth Eight Days after Planting
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Followup on previous videos about planting garlic from grocery store cloves, making improvised planters, starting microgreens, and planting mesclun salad. After eight days everything has sprouted. The microgreens are almost ready to harvest. Garlic greens and mesclun salad will be ready to eat in a few more weeks.
How to Transplant into a Container with Large Holes
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Sometimes a plant pot has holes so large that gravel mulch can fall out. This video demonstrates how to stabilize that type of container using an old supermarket circular.
How to Grow a Plant from Cuttings
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A tutorial on propagating plants using a dragonfruit plant as an example. Dragonfruit (Hylocereus) are climbing cacti that grow in tropical and subtropical climates. One of the ways I make use of a small yard is by growing several of these vertically along the fence. Many plants can be propagated by cuttings using similar techniques. Nurseries sell single dragonfruit plants at $30 and up, but w...
Growth Supports for a Kitchen Garden
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Prop up your kitchen garden plants for healthy growth. This video demos five different methods for creating supports and trellises using common household materials.
How to Make Bread Dough from a Sourdough Starter
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Demo of mixing a starter into dough and transferring a portion to a new container. This wet starter turned out not to need additional water.
How to Turn Kitchen Scraps into Compost
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A quick tutorial on composting. You'll need an outdoor space to do this at least a balcony.
How to Raise Sprouts
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No balcony? No light source? No problem! Sprouts are a way to raise salad greens indoors that don't require soil or light. This method is pet safe because everything is done in enclosed containers. Sprouts are ready to eat in about five days.
Microgreens and Mesclun Salad in Improvised Planters
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Microgreens and Mesclun Salad in Improvised Planters
How to Make Vegetable & Herb Planters from Ordinary Materials
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How to Make Vegetable & Herb Planters from Ordinary Materials
Hammerdulcimer Medieval Marketplace 2016
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Hammerdulcimer Medieval Marketplace 2016
Very helpful ! Thank you! I love that little table you have. Where can I get one of those ?
What is the diameter of the flexible tubing?
Does the soil below the rope get moisture or does it need additional watering
During mild weather it's sufficient as-is. This local area gets severe dry heat waves in midsummer, so thirsty plants such as tomatoes need supplemental watering then.
put the lid on backwards and no shifting around
Like @Bryan Rudelich below, I've been seeing those upside down olla designs - this is so much better! I had already purchased the silicone for the other design, but now I don't need it; so glad I saw this before I went to all that trouble. Doing this TODAY - thank you so much. (See - wait two years, and eventually the algorithm will put your video in the top!)
I was going to do the same design - I keep seeing them with the hole on top with the saucer under the pot using silicone to glue them together and I'm why? This is far smarter. Plus you dont have to worry about freezing and they are easily removed. Brilliant olla
I think two pots were glued together, the ollas will be taller, the deep roots can drink water, and can help roots grow deeper. It will be good for trees. This will help vegs.
If you would have gotten your soil damp to start with, your seeds would not have floated around the pot,
May I ask where can I purchase the stopper plug and what size pot did you use
looks like she used a wine bottle stopper.
@@shawnmcpeak6184 ok thanks 👍🏾
thé size of the clay pot depends on the surface you need to water …you have tables on the internet .
Thanks!!
I have been thinking about wick watering and I like your ideas. I’m trying to find a way to avoid using plastic with PBA in it but it’s hard to find at a low price.
Why did you cover the seeds with rocks? Should the top soil be moisting first then the seeds.. so they don't float away great job on the olla!!
The gravel mulch is to minimize evaporation. This is a particularly dry climate.
Yes they will
What the ... why did she put all those rocks on top of the seeds . How are they gana germinate without sun.
Gravel mulches are used to retain water in the arid climate where I live. Garden seeds still germinate because it doesn't cover the soil completely.
@@bweresquirrel8279 it is better to put some dry leaves all Over the soil. I think that but do you have more experience with rocks. What can you tell me?
@@melisarivera2581 That's because I live just over the mountain range from a desert: when the winds blow from that direction in summer we can get heat waves that go to 112 F/44 C with 12% humidity. Minimizing evaporation loss is absolutely critical for the local microclimate. Where you live that might not be as strong a consideration. All gardening advice is local.
Hi Why are the small stones around the plants?
to reduce evaporation
What kind of stopper are you using?
Plastic wine bottle lid
Kunoichi Kirika thx
Very smart. The best capillary irrigation I have seen. The flexible reduce the evaporation. The bottle can be filled by the bottleneck very useful. I think you can improve it by adding a funnel made by another inverse bottle head you cut the neck vertically to shape a cone you can put in the bottleneck of your bottle or you can cut another plastic side bottle to shape a cone you keep with scotch tape.
Would love to see a photo of that if you'll put the idea through a test run.
@@bweresquirrel8279 When you fill the bottle with water you can use a funnel to easily pour the water into the bottle without pouring water beside the bottleneck. You can build the funnel made by another plastic bottle. funnel \ / || o o water
@@bweresquirrel8279 You can see the funnel ua-cam.com/video/hCZYkFxgHSo/v-deo.html
@@citroncall8798 fascinating. Looks like it's worth trying.
I'm surprised (and encouraged) by how fast the garlic is growing!
Let's hear it for the low stress and NO KNEAD bread. :)
Every time I see something about cleaning rags or "paperless paper towels" ei towels, I'm more concerned about how to clean the towels/rags after a bad mess. I've had to clean up countless hairballs, cat/dog pee or worse. How do you clean the rags/towels after such an awful, not solid, but not liquid mess? Those are my most frequent messes that I use paper towels for, and I would like to cut down on paper towel waste. Any ideas?
Hi and thanks for your comment. After ordinary jobs the rags first dry out on a swing arm towel rack in the laundry room, then they go into the next load of laundry. When a cleanup is really nasty I'll either use a paper towel or dispose of the rag.